Marquis de Sade — "The only way to arrive at the truth is through the most profound errors."

"Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated."

"Even if she was the devil's own daughter, God strike me down if I never have her. May all the devils in hell make off with my soul if he lays a finger on her before I do!"

"The greatest pleasure a man can have is to make a woman suffer."

"Cruelty, far from being a vice, is the first sentiment implanted in us by nature."

"I think that if there were a God, there would be less evil on this earth. I believe that if evil exists here below, then either it was willed by God or it was beyond His powers to prevent it. Now I ca…"